Martin McCallum: Britain Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 259 of 259 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/01/2020 Lound 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22/02/2020 Blacktoft Sands 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 03/03/2020 West Park Wolverhampton 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/03/2020 Johnny Brown's Common S.Yorks 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 40 Swift Apus apus 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Bempton variety 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus ! 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 03/05/2020 Gringley carr 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 49 Coot Fulica atra 50 Crane Grus grus 12/01/2020 Sandtoft Lincs 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 60 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 31/08/2020 Hatfield Moors 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 64 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 06/07/2020 Tyninghame Bay East Lothian 65 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 66 Curlew Numenius arquata 67 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 68 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 69 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 70 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 72 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 06/02/2020 Thornwick Pools Flamborough 73 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 04/06/2020 Slanted Lane Misson 74 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 75 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 76 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 77 Redshank Tringa totanus 78 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 05/03/2020 Nosterfield Quarry 79 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 80 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 81 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 82 Knot Calidris canutus 83 Ruff Calidris pugnax 84 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 85 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 16/05/2020 North Cave wetlands 86 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 21/05/2020 Idle Valley 87 Sanderling Calidris alba 88 Dunlin Calidris alpina 89 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 91 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 24/07/2020 Kilnsea Wetlands 92 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 93 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 16/07/2020 Frampton Marsh RSPB 94 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 10/08/2020 Spurn 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 98 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 99 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 100 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 101 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 102 Common Gull Larus canus 103 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 104 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 105 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 106 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 107 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 108 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 29/08/2020 4 at Spurn 109 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 110 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 111 Puffin Fratercula arctica 112 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 113 Razorbill Alca torda 114 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 115 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 116 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 117 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 118 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 119 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 120 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 121 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 10/07/2020 Portland Bill 122 Gannet Morus bassanus 123 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 124 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 125 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 23/09/2020 Sykehouse 126 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 06/06/2020 Fairburn Ings 127 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 128 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 129 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 130 Great White Egret Ardea alba 131 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 132 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 133 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 20/06/2020 Welbeck 134 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 135 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 136 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 137 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 138 Red Kite Milvus milvus 139 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 09/01/2020 Stainforth 140 Buzzard Buteo buteo 141 Barn Owl Tyto alba 142 Little Owl Athene noctua 143 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 144 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 145 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 146 Hoopoe Upupa epops 25/05/2020 Ordsall Notts 147 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 148 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 02/09/2020 Spurn 149 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 150 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 151 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 152 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 153 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 18/05/2020 Thorne moor 154 Merlin Falco columbarius 155 Hobby Falco subbuteo 156 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 157 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 158 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 18/09/2020 Balephuil Tyree 159 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 09/01/2020 Hatfield Moors 160 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 10/08/2020 Spurn 161 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/10/2020 Johnny Browns Common South Elmsall 162 Jay Garrulus glandarius 163 Magpie Pica pica 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 167 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 168 Raven Corvus corax 169 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 171 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 172 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 173 Great Tit Parus major 174 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 07/12/2020 Langford lowlands 175 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 176 Woodlark Lullula arborea 177 Skylark Alauda arvensis 178 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 179 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 180 Swallow Hirundo rustica 181 House Martin Delichon urbicum 182 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 183 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 184 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 185 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 28/09/2020 Spurn 186 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 187 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 188 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 01/10/2020 Gutcher Yell 189 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 190 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 08/06/2020 Far Ings Lincs 191 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 192 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 10/08/2020 Spurn 193 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 194 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 195 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 196 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 06/10/2020 Spurn 197 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 198 Whitethroat Curruca communis 199 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 200 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 201 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 202 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 203 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 204 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 06/06/2020 Cudworth South Yorkshire 205 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 206 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 02/10/2020 Kilminning East Fife 207 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos ********** ********** 208 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 209 Redwing Turdus iliacus 210 Blackbird Turdus merula 211 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 212 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 213 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 04/02/2020 Grimsby college 214 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey Norfolk 215 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 216 Robin Erithacus rubecula 217 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 02/10/2020 Boulmer beach Northumberland 218 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 26/09/2020 Flamborough 219 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 16/10/2020 South Shields 220 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 221 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 28/09/2020 Spurn 222 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 223 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 224 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 225 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 20/10/2020 South Gare Cleveland 226 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 08/01/2020 Ashton flash Cheshire 227 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 228 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 229 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 230 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 231 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 232 Dunnock Prunella modularis 233 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 234 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 04/01/2020 Sedgeford North Norfolk 235 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 236 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 237 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 238 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 239 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 240 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 241 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 242 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 243 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 27/01/2020 Thoresby Hall 244 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 245 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 02/10/2020 Killminning East Fife 246 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 247 Twite Linaria flavirostris 248 Linnet Linaria cannabina 249 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 250 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 251 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 252 Siskin Spinus spinus 253 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 254 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 255 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 256 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 257 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 23/11/2020 Langford Lowlands 258 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 259 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 01/10/2020 Burravoe Yell